An Introduction to Website Basics
Do you really know what a website is?
Ever wonder where a website resides?
A website is stored on a web server. Each website has a unique identifying name, called an Internet domain name or simply domain name. The domain name is a unique arrangement of letters, words or phrases, combined with a domain name extension (.com - stands for commercial, .net - stands for network, .org - stands for organization, .edu - stands for U.S. Educational Institution, .gov - stands for U.S. government, etc.). You may have often heard thephrase, "Top Level Domain" bandied about. This just refers to the domain name extension. The domain name extension refers to the letters which follow the "dot" at the end of each domain name. For example, this website's domain name is prominentweb.com, where .com is the domain name extension.
Domain names must be "registered" by a registrant (that would be the person or entity registering the domain name) through a domain name registrar, a company accredited by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).
Once a domain name is registered, a website can be designed and hosted. Web hosting enables a website to be accessed by the end user via the Internet, through an Internet Service Provider or ISP, such as AOL, or Earthlink.
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